Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20

Best Bowling Strike Rate in T20 is the definitive measure of a bowler's "wicket-taking speed," representing the average number of deliveries bowled for every wicket taken. Calculated as Total Balls Bowled ÷ Total Wickets Taken, this metric focuses purely on the frequency of dismissals rather than run-scoring, making it the most vital statistic for defining an "attacking bowler."
In T20 Internationals (T20I), the record is consistently dominated by elite spinners like Afghanistan's Rashid Khan and Sri Lanka's Wanindu Hasaranga, who maintain strike rates in the 12.0 to 13.0 range—meaning they claim a wicket roughly every two overs. In the global T20 circuit, power-bowlers with lethal yorkers also feature prominently due to their high impact in the death overs. As of 2026, a career strike rate below 15.0 is the gold standard for excellence, identifying bowlers who possess the rare ability to consistently break partnerships and provide critical breakthroughs under pressure.

RANK 1

Dhruv Maisuria

BTS

Wkts

RANK 2

Anas Khan

Wkts

RANK 3

Nalin Nipiko

VAN

11.5

Wkts

Rank	Player	Matches	Innings	Overs	Balls	Runs	Wkts	AVG	Econ	SR	Bbi	Bbm	4w	5w
1	Dhruv Maisuria BTS	45	43	151.3	909	830	82	10.12	5.47	11	5/18	5/18	4	2
2	Anas Khan HK	28	24	75.2	452	450	41	10.97	5.97	11	6/12	6/12	1	1
3	Nalin Nipiko VAN	39	31	94.1	565	771	49	15.73	8.18	11.5	5/19	5/19	5	1
4	Nathan Gilchrist	21	20	56.2	338	586	29	20.2	10.4	11.6	4/42	4/42	1	0
5	Trevor Garwe	38	32	83.4	502	686	41	16.73	8.19	12.2	5/20	5/20	2	1
6	Bamanye Xenxe	33	29	79.3	477	658	39	16.87	8.27	12.2	4/25	4/25	4	0
7	Adeesha Thilanchana	30	26	66.4	400	477	32	14.9	7.15	12.5	3/17	3/17	0	0
8	Josh Tongue ENG	21	21	60.5	365	552	29	19.03	9.07	12.5	3/21	3/21	0	0
9	Alistair Gray	22	21	59.5	359	432	28	15.42	7.22	12.8	4/24	4/24	1	0
10	Malinda Pushpakumara	73	68	237.4	1426	1536	110	13.96	6.46	12.9	5/13	5/13	3	1
11	Himesh Ramanayake	23	23	68.5	413	500	32	15.62	7.26	12.9	4/31	4/31	1	0
12	Cheepurapalli Stephen	52	51	188.3	1131	1336	87	15.35	7.08	13	5/10	5/10	4	2
13	Ahsan Malik	46	43	146.1	877	1022	67	15.25	6.99	13	5/19	5/19	3	1
14	Tyrone Kane IRE	48	35	93.1	559	752	43	17.48	8.07	13	5/22	5/22	1	1
15	Jandre Coetzee	77	75	270	1620	1600	123	13	5.92	13.1	5/10	5/10	1	1
16	Shiran Fernando	36	33	102.5	617	778	47	16.55	7.56	13.1	4/19	4/19	1	0
17	Don Radebe	25	24	83.5	503	679	38	17.86	8.09	13.2	5/25	5/25	1	1
18	Dilesh Gunaratne	27	27	84.3	507	568	38	14.94	6.72	13.3	3/12	3/12	0	0
19	Junaid Dawood	25	24	78	468	575	35	16.42	7.37	13.3	5/30	5/30	0	1
20	Muthumudalige Pushpakumara	28	20	62.3	375	417	28	14.89	6.67	13.3	4/18	4/18	2	0
21	Kabua Morea PNG	23	23	78.2	470	557	35	15.91	7.11	13.4	5/9	5/9	2	1
22	Delorn Johnson	21	21	71.5	431	552	32	17.25	7.68	13.4	5/5	5/5	0	1
23	Kenneth Waiswa UGA	82	40	108.2	650	791	48	16.47	7.3	13.5	4/14	4/14	2	0
24	Yogesh Nagar	55	21	47.3	285	350	21	16.66	7.36	13.5	3/13	3/13	0	0
25	Makoto Taniyama	38	36	86.4	520	471	38	12.39	5.43	13.6	4/19	4/19	1	0
26	Will Rhodes	70	42	82.1	493	741	36	20.58	9.01	13.6	4/34	4/34	1	0
27	Tharanga Lakshitha	27	25	70.3	423	569	31	18.35	8.07	13.6	5/16	5/16	2	1
28	Ben Green	90	82	241.1	1447	2243	105	21.36	9.3	13.7	5/29	5/29	5	2
29	Chanaka Welegedara	38	38	133.1	799	867	58	14.94	6.51	13.7	4/2	4/2	1	0
30	Sachithra Serasinghe	40	33	96.1	577	684	42	16.28	7.11	13.7	5/22	5/22	2	1
31	Derrick Brangman BER	30	30	97	582	528	42	12.57	5.44	13.8	5/19	5/19	1	1
32	Udith Madushan	24	22	66.5	401	459	29	15.82	6.86	13.8	3/17	3/17	0	0
33	Ali Dawood	77	77	274.4	1648	1696	118	14.37	6.17	13.9	7/19	7/19	6	1
34	Lukman Meriwala	72	71	253.3	1521	1833	109	16.81	7.23	13.9	5/8	5/8	1	3
35	Zak Chappell	68	67	216.2	1298	2050	93	22.04	9.47	13.9	5/23	5/23	2	1
36	Charles Perchard JER	59	56	195	1170	1223	84	14.55	6.27	13.9	5/17	5/17	3	1
37	Shaminda Eranga	37	37	135	810	941	58	16.22	6.97	13.9	4/18	4/18	3	0
38	Atit Sheth	69	68	230	1380	1866	98	19.04	8.11	14	5/13	5/13	2	1
39	Ziyaad Abrahams	35	34	114.2	686	970	49	19.79	8.48	14	5/34	5/34	1	1
40	Sam Wells	37	21	44.2	266	395	19	20.78	8.9	14	4/24	4/24	1	0
41	James Anyon	26	24	70.3	423	587	30	19.56	8.32	14.1	3/6	3/6	0	0
42	Udara Jayasundera	55	25	63.5	383	447	27	16.55	7	14.1	4/16	4/16	2	0
43	Roscoe Thattil	31	21	61.1	367	438	26	16.84	7.16	14.1	5/23	5/23	0	1
44	Alankara Asanka Silva	47	45	152.2	914	987	64	15.42	6.47	14.2	4/13	4/13	3	0
45	Pulina Tharanga	64	49	138	828	948	58	16.34	6.86	14.2	3/4	3/4	0	0
46	Sahan Arachchige	90	53	123.1	739	890	52	17.11	7.22	14.2	4/8	4/8	1	0
47	Henry Thornton	36	36	120.5	725	1054	51	20.66	8.72	14.2	5/3	5/3	2	1
48	Nimesh Perera - jnr	46	32	100	600	688	42	16.38	6.88	14.2	4/26	4/26	2	0
49	Matt Dunn	25	25	73.3	441	679	31	21.9	9.23	14.2	3/8	3/8	0	0
50	Ottniel Baartman	115	114	391.3	2349	2936	164	17.9	7.49	14.3	5/14	5/14	7	2
51	George Scrimshaw	67	67	229.1	1375	2086	96	21.72	9.1	14.3	4/19	4/19	1	0
52	Johannes van Dyk	22	20	67	402	517	28	18.46	7.71	14.3	5/21	5/21	0	1
53	Amit Verma	52	36	86.5	521	626	36	17.38	7.2	14.4	4/2	4/2	2	0
54	Jayanta Behera	25	25	82	492	482	34	14.17	5.87	14.4	3/14	3/14	0	0
55	Imran Farhat	69	24	65	390	511	27	18.92	7.86	14.4	5/26	5/26	0	1
56	Krishmar Santokie	119	119	437.5	2627	3162	180	17.56	7.22	14.5	5/24	5/24	6	1
57	Saqib Mahmood ENG	94	93	305.4	1834	2655	126	21.07	8.68	14.5	4/14	4/14	5	0
58	Chama Milind	82	81	293.2	1760	2207	121	18.23	7.52	14.5	5/8	5/8	2	2
59	Shohidul Islam	72	72	242.5	1457	1991	100	19.91	8.19	14.5	4/17	4/17	5	0
60	Pankaj Jaiswal	60	59	187.2	1124	1428	77	18.54	7.62	14.5	5/18	5/18	7	1
61	Raymon Reifer WI	93	62	160.2	962	1423	66	21.56	8.87	14.5	5/20	5/20	2	1
62	Delano Potgieter	97	53	119	714	951	49	19.4	7.99	14.5	5/10	5/10	1	2
63	Kushal Bhurtel NEP	85	37	92.2	554	628	38	16.52	6.8	14.5	4/12	4/12	2	0
64	Kamrul Islam	103	99	298.4	1792	2589	122	21.22	8.66	14.6	4/10	4/10	7	0
65	Saliya Saman	47	41	141.5	851	1084	58	18.68	7.64	14.6	5/18	5/18	1	1
66	Lahiru Samarakoon	69	57	138.5	833	1189	57	20.85	8.56	14.6	4/31	4/31	1	0
67	Anand Rajan	31	31	114.5	689	784	47	16.68	6.82	14.6	4/26	4/26	1	0
68	Ben Harmison	44	26	73	438	639	30	21.3	8.75	14.6	3/20	3/20	0	0
69	Janaka Gunaratne	50	40	122.4	736	791	50	15.82	6.44	14.7	4/21	4/21	2	0
70	Marnus Labuschagne AUS	70	47	100.4	604	903	41	22.02	8.97	14.7	5/11	5/11	0	1
71	Paresh Patel	32	30	90.5	545	568	37	15.35	6.25	14.7	4/11	4/11	1	0
72	Gayan Sirisoma	26	26	90.5	545	649	37	17.54	7.14	14.7	4/25	4/25	1	0
73	Nayan Doshi	52	51	168	1008	1143	68	16.8	6.8	14.8	4/22	4/22	4	0
74	Rakep Patel KEN	147	65	161.2	968	1040	65	16	6.44	14.8	4/30	4/30	1	0
75	Max Sorensen	51	41	129	774	936	52	18	7.25	14.8	4/15	4/15	1	0
76	Rory Hamilton Brown	93	44	91.4	550	702	37	18.97	7.65	14.8	4/15	4/15	1	0
77	Recordo Gordon	25	25	89	534	761	36	21.13	8.55	14.8	4/20	4/20	1	0
78	Rajith Priyan	22	20	64.1	385	478	26	18.38	7.44	14.8	4/18	4/18	2	0
79	Wanindu Hasaranga SL	243	234	849.5	5099	5956	340	17.51	7	14.9	6/9	6/9	11	3
80	Sean Abbott AUS	208	204	668.3	4011	5768	269	21.44	8.62	14.9	5/16	5/16	10	2
81	Josh Davey	97	87	288.1	1729	2526	116	21.77	8.76	14.9	4/18	4/18	4	0
82	Matthew Kelly	42	42	149.1	895	1251	60	20.85	8.38	14.9	4/25	4/25	3	0
83	Victor Nyauchi	38	37	124.3	747	976	50	19.52	7.83	14.9	4/20	4/20	2	0
84	Jehan Mubarak	100	39	87.2	524	684	35	19.54	7.83	14.9	4/7	4/7	2	0
85	Kasun Rajitha SL	78	77	258.1	1549	2155	103	20.92	8.34	15	5/22	5/22	5	1
86	Michael Rae	49	47	153	918	1366	61	22.39	8.92	15	3/13	3/13	0	0
87	Sherwin Ganga	38	36	110.1	661	806	44	18.31	7.31	15	5/15	5/15	1	1
88	Sajeewa Weerakoon	31	29	97.3	585	567	39	14.53	5.81	15	3/14	3/14	0	0
89	Sachintha Peiris	26	25	80	480	512	32	16	6.4	15	3/15	3/15	0	0
90	Bhanuka Rajapaksa	225	26	70	420	516	28	18.42	7.37	15	3/11	3/11	0	0